Sometimes it seems that only the Europeans can get away with making a film as surface simple as "An Affair of Love" (AKA "Une Liaison Pornographique"). It tells the story of a woman and a man who meet for sex through a personal ad. Week after week they meet in a coffee shop then hike down the street to a hotel. It's got a certain "Last Tango in Paris" kind of flavor, with the sex-only connection between two otherwise mysterious characters being the most obvious core. Unlike that film "An Affair of Love" only briefly conveys any on screen sex, and tiptoes around it in dialogue. What really makes this film so European, though, is how it's told through flashback via an unexplained and unnecessary interview. It's a character-driven, reasonably romantic film that feels made by deft filmmakers, but a forced second act dramatic twist ruins its impact.
Review of An Affair of Love
